{"id":377279,"date":"2019-04-05T07:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-04-05T07:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/?p=377279"},"modified":"2019-04-05T07:09:15","modified_gmt":"2019-04-05T07:09:15","slug":"crypto-market-wrap-ripple-rises-with-late-13-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wncen.com\/news\/crypto-market-wrap-ripple-rises-with-late-13-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto Market Wrap: Ripple Rises With Late 13% XRP Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Crypto markets have maintained their momentum as another week draws to a close. There has been a minor pullback for some of the major tokens but others are doing well today. Total market capitalization has remained above $170 billion as Bitcoin holds steady at $5,000.<\/p>\n
Bitcoin fell back to $4,840 a few hours ago but has managed to recover during today\u2019s Asian trading session to reach $5,000 once again. Momentum may by cooling off however as daily volume has fallen back to $17 billion \u2013 which is still pretty high compared to the past six months. BTC is likely to consolidate here for a while.<\/p>\n
Ethereum has remained flat over the past 24 hours and is still priced just below $165. Volume has dropped back to $7 billion and the week\u2019s momentum appears to have run out of steam. XRP conversely has woken up as the Ripple token surges<\/a> 13 percent today. The move has taken XRP from an intraday low of $0.330 to its highest level since early January, $0.373. A recent partnership announcement<\/a> with UK finance firm RationalFX yesterday may have driven momentum. It has also been reported that Gmail users will now be able to send XRP to each other via a new Chrome plugin called MoneyMessage.<\/p>\n